Edgar Kennedy
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic film character actor, known as "Slow Burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper. Kennedy is best known for a small role as a lemonade vendor in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, as well as the many Hal Roach films he appeared in. Kennedy became so identified with frustration that practically every studio hired him to play hotheads. He often played dumb cops, detectives, and even a prison warden; sometimes he was a grouchy moving man, truck driver, or blue-collar workman. His character usually lost his temper at least once. In Diplomaniacs, Kennedy presides over an international tribunal, where Wheeler & Woolsey want to do something about world peace. "Well, ya can't do anything about it here", yells Kennedy, "this is a peace conference!" Kennedy, established as the poster boy for frustration, even starred in an instructional film titled The Other Fellow, in which loudmouthed roadhog Edgar always vents his anger on other drivers (each one played by Kennedy as well), little realizing that, to them, he is "the other fellow." Perhaps his most unusual roles were as a puppeteer in the detective mystery The Falcon Strikes Back and as a philosophical bartender inspired to create exotic cocktails in Harold Lloyd's last film, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947). He also played comical detectives opposite two titans of acting: John Barrymore in Twentieth Century (1934) and Rex Harrison in Unfaithfully Yours (1948); in the latter, he tells conductor Harrison that "Nobody handles Handel like you handle Handel." Kennedy died of throat cancer at the Motion Picture Hospital, San Fernando Valley on 9 November 1948. His body was interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California.
Known for
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movieLaurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Our Gang Story
1994
Officer (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
movieWhen Comedy Was King
1960
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Golden Age of Comedy
1957
archive footage
movieMy Dream Is Yours
1949
Uncle Charlie
movieUnfaithfully Yours
1948
Sweeney
movieVariety Time
1948
Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
Dig That Gold
1948
Edgar Kennedy
Brother Knows Best
1948
Edgar Kennedy
movieThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
Jake the Bartender
movieDo or Diet
1947
Edgar
Motor Maniacs
1946
Edgar Kennedy
movieCaptain Tugboat Annie
1945
Captain Bullwinkle
movieThe Big Beef
1945
Edgar Kennedy
movieAnchors Aweigh
1945
Police Captain
It's Your Move
1945
Edgar Kennedy
What, No Cigarettes
1945
Edgar Kennedy
movieThe Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
Bosun Higgins
movieIt Happened Tomorrow
1944
Insp. Mulrooney
movieCrazy House
1943
Judge
movieThe Girl from Monterrey
1943
Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
movieHitler's Madman
1943
Nepomuk - the Hermit
movieAir Raid Wardens
1943
Joe Bledsoe
movieThe Falcon Strikes Back
1943
Smiley Dugan
movieCosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943
Police Chief Murphy
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
1942
Sgt. Homer Gatling
movieThere's One Born Every Minute
1942
Mayor Moe Carson
movieIn Old California
1942
Kegs McKeever
moviePardon My Stripes
1942
Warden Bingham
moviePrivate Snuffy Smith
1942
Sgt. Ed Cooper
Rough on Rents
1942
Edgar Kennedy
movieBlondie in Society
1941
Dr. Glenn
movieAn Apple in His Eye
1941
Edgar Kennedy
Drafted in the Depot
1940
Edgar Kennedy
movieRemedy for Riches
1940
George Browning
movieLi'l Abner
1940
Cornelius Cornpone
movieSandy Gets Her Man
1940
Fire Chief Galvin
movieWho Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
Sheriff Gregory
A Trailer Tragedy
1940
Edgar Kennedy
movieThe Bride Wore Crutches
1940
Police Captain McGuire
movieMargie
1940
Chauncey
movieDr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
George Browning
movieSandy Is a Lady
1940
Officer Rafferty
Mutiny in the County
1940
Edgar Kennedy
movieCharlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
Inspector Dailey
Kennedy the Great
1939
Edgar Kennedy
Laugh It Off
1939
Judge John J. McGuinnis
movieLittle Accident
1939
Paper Hanger
movieEverything's on Ice
1939
Joe Barton
movieIt's a Wonderful World
1939
Lieutenant Miller
Baby Daze
1939
Edgar Kennedy
movieClock Wise
1939
Edgar
moviePeck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
Arthur Bailey
Beaux and Errors
1938
Edgar Kennedy
movieHey! Hey! USA
1938
Bugs Leary
movieScandal Street
1938
Daniel Webster Smith
movieThe Black Doll
1938
Sheriff Renick
movieHollywood Hotel
1938
Callaghan
movieTrue Confession
1937
Darsey
movieSuper-Sleuth
1937
Police Lt. Garrison
Dumb's the Word
1937
Edgar Kennedy
movieA Star Is Born
1937
Pop Randall
movieWhen's Your Birthday?
1937
Mr. Basscombe
movieThe Other Fellow
1937
Four Roles
movieThree Men on a Horse
1936
Harry, the Bartender
movieMad Holiday
1936
Donovan
Vocalizing
1936
Edgar Kennedy
movieYours for the Asking
1936
Bicarbonate
movieDummy Ache
1936
Edgar
movieSan Francisco
1936
Sheriff
movieFatal Lady
1936
Rudolf Hochstetter
movieSmall Town Girl
1936
Captain Mack
movieRobin Hood of El Dorado
1936
Sheriff Judd
movieWill Power
1936
Edgar Kennedy
Gasoloons
1936
Edgar Kennedy
movie$1,000 a Minute
1935
Police Officer McCarthy
movieLittle Big Shot
1935
Onderdonk
In Love at 40
1935
Edgar Kennedy
movieWoman Wanted
1935
Sweeney
movieA Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
Edgar Kennedy
movieThe Cowboy Millionaire
1935
Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
movieLiving on Velvet
1935
Counterman
movieThe Silver Streak
1934
O'Brien
movieFlirting with Danger
1934
Jimmie Pierson
movieThe Marines Are Coming
1934
Sgt. Buck Martin
moviePoisoned Ivory
1934
Edgar Kennedy
movieKid Millions
1934
Herman Wilson
movieGridiron Flash
1934
Officer Thurston
movieKing Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
Happy Moran
movieWe're Rich Again
1934
Healy, Process Server
movieMurder on the Blackboard
1934
Detective Donahue
movieMoney Means Nothing
1934
Herbert Green
Wrong Direction
1934
Edgar, Movie Director
movieTwentieth Century
1934
Oscar McGonigle
movieHeat Lightning
1934
Herbert
movieAll of Me
1934
Guard (uncredited)
movieDuck Soup
1933
Street Vendor
movieWhat Fur
1933
Edgar
Quiet Please!
1933
Edgar Kennedy
movieCross Fire
1933
Ed Wimpy
movieDiplomaniacs
1933
Chairman - Peace Conference
movieScarlet River
1933
Sam Gilroy
Fish Feathers
1932
Edgar Kennedy
movieThe Penguin Pool Murder
1932
Officer Donovan
movieRockabye
1932
Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
movieLittle Orphan Annie
1932
Daddy Warbucks
movieHold 'Em Jail
1932
Warden Elmer Jones
movieBad Company
1931
Buffington-Doorman
movieQuick Millions
1931
Cop (uncredited)
movieLove Fever
1931
Thelma's Last Rescuer
movieNext Door Neighbors
1931
Howard J. Green
movieLadies Last
1930
Man in Phone Booth
movieLooser Than Loose
1930
Night Club Patron
Bigger and Better
1930
Uncle Ed Sutton
movieDollar Dizzy
1930
Quimby the Lawyer
movieDoctor's Orders
1930
Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
movieGirl Shock
1930
Fiancee's Father
movieFifty Million Husbands
1930
Officer Kennedy
movieAll Teed Up
1930
Thelma's Father (uncredited)
movieWhen the Wind Blows
1930
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
movieThe Big Kick
1930
Detective
movieThe First Seven Years
1930
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
movieThe Real McCoy
1930
Cicero the Cop
movieShivering Shakespeare
1930
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
movieThe Head Guy
1930
Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
movieNight Owls
1930
Officer Kennedy
movieGreat Gobs!
1929
2nd Sailor
movieAngora Love
1929
Landlord
movieMoan & Groan, Inc.
1929
Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
movieStepping Out
1929
Diner's Owner
movieBacon Grabbers
1929
Collis P. Kennedy
movieWelcome Danger
1929
SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
movieThey Had to See Paris
1929
Ed Eggers (uncredited)
movieCrazy Feet
1929
Policeman
moviePerfect Day
1929
Uncle Edgar
Dad's Day
1929
Michael Kennedy
Madame Q
1929
Judge Kennedy
movieThe Big Squawk
1929
Orchestra Leader
movieHurdy Gurdy
1929
Officer Ed Kennedy
movieUnaccustomed as We Are
1929
Officer Kennedy
movieTrent's Last Case
1929
Inspector Murch
movieA Pair of Tights
1929
Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
movieThe Boy Friend
1928
The Cop
movieTwo Tars
1928
Motorist
movieShould Married Men Go Home?
1928
Golfer (uncredited)
movieLimousine Love
1928
The Husband, Mr Glenders
movieThe Finishing Touch
1928
Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
movieThe Family Group
1928
A Photographer
movieDumb Daddies
1928
The Cop
movieThe Chinese Parrot
1927
Maydorf
movieWedding Bills
1927
Detective
movieThe Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
Trayguard
movieThe Gay Old Bird
1927
Chauffeur
movieFinger Prints
1927
O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
movieGoing Crooked
1926
Detective
movieThe Better 'Ole
1926
Corporal Austin
movieAcross the Pacific
1926
Cpl. Ryan
movieMy Old Dutch
1926
Bill Sproat
movieOh! What a Nurse!
1926
Eric Johnson
movieThe People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
Gloomy Gus
movieThe Golden Princess
1925
Gewilliker Hay
movieThe Trouble With Wives
1925
Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
moviePaths to Paradise
1925
Detective (uncredited)
movieWall Street Blues
1924
The Crook
movieRacing for Life
1924
Tom Grady
movieThe Battling Fool
1924
Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
movieSomething for Nothing
1923
Ptomaine Tommy
movieThe Little Girl Next Door
1923
Hank Hall
The Guide
1921
An American Tourist
Puppets of Fate
1921
Mike Reynolds
movieYankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
German Prison Guard (uncredited)
Watch Your Neighbor
1918
An Innocent Bystander
movieThe Late Lamented
1917
Art Gallery Operator
movieWhose Baby?
1917
The Detective
movieThe Stolen Triumph
1916
Edwin Rowley, Jr.
movieBombs!
1916
Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
movieA Scoundrel's Toll
1916
Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
movieMadcap Ambrose
1916
A City Chap
movieHis Bitter Pill
1916
Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
movieFatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
Shell Game Operator
movieMabel’s Wilful Way
1915
Fatty's Pal
His Luckless Love
1915
The Maid's Boyfriend
movieThat Little Band Of Gold
1915
Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
movieFatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
Neighbor
movieFatty's New Role
1915
Handout-Giver (uncredited)
movieFatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
movieMabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
The cafe waiter (uncredited)
movieThe Great Vacuum Robbery
1915
2nd Thief
movieTillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
movieAmbrose's First Falsehood
1914
Café Proprietor
movieGetting Acquainted
1914
Policeman (uncredited)
movieLeading Lizzie Astray
1914
The Slicker's Chauffeur
movieThe Noise of Bombs
1914
Police Chief
An Incompetent Hero
1914
Fatty's Neighbor
'Curses!' They Remarked
1914
Ethel's Former Boyfriend
movieGentlemen of Nerve
1914
Policeman
movieDough and Dynamite
1914
Striking Baker
He Loved the Ladies
1914
The Wife's Brother
movieThe Rounders
1914
(uncredited)
The Sky Pirate
1914
The Sky Pirate
Love and Bullets
1914
The Trouble Mender
movieMabel's Busy Day
1914
Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
movieThe Knockout
1914
Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
movieCaught in a Cabaret
1914
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
movieMabel at the Wheel
1914
Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
A Bath House Beauty
1914
Jealous Boyfriend
movieThe Star Boarder
1914
Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
movieHis Favorite Pastime
1914
Tough Guy in Bar
movieTango Tangles
1914
Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
movieA Film Johnnie
1914
Director (uncredited)
movieA Thief Catcher
1914
Crook (uncredited)
movieMaking a Living
1914
Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913
Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
movieThe Gusher
1913
Cop (uncredited)
movieA Ride for a Bride
1913
Mustached Man
movieFatty Joins the Force
1913
Jealous Cop
movieA Muddy Romance
1913
Water Policeman
movieThe Speed Kings
1913
Laughing Spectator
The Bowling Match
1913
Bowling Alley Operator
movieMabel's Dramatic Career
1913
Audience Member / Cop in Movie
movieLove and Rubbish
1913
1st Cop
movieSafe in Jail
1913
1st Crook
moviePeeping Pete
1913
The Cop
movieThe Gangsters
1913
Henchman
movieBangville Police
1913
3rd Deputy
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movieFifty Million Husbands
1930
Director
The golfer
1930
Director
movieAll Teed Up
1930
Director
movieYou're Darn Tootin'
1928
Director
movieFrom Soup to Nuts
1928
Director
movieThree Foolish Weeks
1924
Director